Secrets and History of Pirates of the Caribbean 

Well there's no story because they've changed it so much throughout the years?

I'm not sure there's enough history for that.

+Asriel Dreemurr For what, Splash? If so, there's plenty, maybe more than POTC

+Lucas Popiez I doubt it

+Asriel Dreemurr where's chara

She's in the other room.

+Jaisonawsome it took a while, yes. but I love making these too. Happy to do the work :)

+FreshBakedDisney wait if that guy who's voices the skeleton logo thing is the vocie of Johnny test obi wan knobi Johnny test and Star Wars the clone wars are on Cartoon Network Cartoon Network is linked with Disney

I'm so glad I was able to see the original "Pirates" in the '70s. To me, it's verging on sacrilege what they did to it in the '90s. I'll always treasure the memory of the original.

Jaisonawsome yeah

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Jonathan Maderos I agree one hundred percent

Agreed, I haven't been in over FIVE YEARS due to the absurd prices of annual passes nowadays.

Yep, that's me

Jon Maderos me too

dude, i felt the same thing when i left

That's AWESOME Thanks!

+ElFreakinCid that has happened to me!

His wife may be playing the banjo herself inside of the little shack they live in for all we know.

Ian Christiansen i noticed that but i wasn’t sure if it was him.

Larry Fontenot it's a small world was first :) but pirates was right after, now most days all rides exit into a gift shop.

Larry Fontenot you also used to be able to make a silver piece there was a machine, its gone now and my mom still has hers, it looks so cool

Brittney Welsh I have a photo of captain jack signed by Johnny depp

Same here! 👋🏻

Skyethemermicorno ikr

thank you t mac!

thank you!

The old script in the tunnel before the waterfall effect (fog curtain) was: Old Pirate 1: Perhaps ye knows too much. Ye've seen the cursed treasure... you know where it be hidden. Now proceed at your own risk. These be the last friendly words you hear. You may not survive to pass this way again! (Echo: Dead men tell no tales) Younger Pirate 2: No fear have ye of evil curses, says you. Properly warned ye be, says I. Who knows when that evil curse will strike the greedy beholders of this bewitched treasure? (Echo: Dead men tell no tales) [Repeat]

mokthemagicman Nailed it. Not sure why they have to make so many changes to the ride. They should've left the jack sparrow stuff out IMO.

HollywoodF1 I have the record at my house. My mom bought it about 30+ years ago.

Actually, the haunting voices of the cursed pirates have returned (freshly following upon the heels of Redd becoming a walk-around meet-and-greet once the auction scene was permanently tweaked to eliminate the controversially sexist yet historically accurate "Buy a Bride" aspect entirely), albeit accompanying some new scenes (namely a caged pirate next to octopus Hank from "Finding Dory" holding the keys) and new, brighter thematic lighting in the underground enclave inspired by Carlsbad Caverns. As for Davy Jones, the Culchulu-esque undead pirate projection went back to his infamous locker, as his was a limited engagement within the attraction to begin with.

mokthemagicman captain

I'm 62 and have the same memories. We went there in 1968 on the classic American family vacation and this ride was the one I remember most. 25 years later, I was riding it with my own kids and the magic was still there, for them and me.

Rich Sutterfield • Your comment made me smile. My husband is 62 and we both agree that we think our age group grew up in the best of times. To be sure, the world was chaotic in its own right (Both Kennedy assassinations; the Viet Nam war; MLK, Jr assassination and civil rights unrest; Kent State massacre, to name just a few), but we were young and didn't yet understand a lot of what went on. We didn't have the technological wizardry that we have now to bring us worldwide happenings in seconds, as we have now. I just remember trick-or-treating in neighborhoods way beyond our own; playing outside from 7 a.m. til dusk on glorious summer days without a care, and no one worrying about where we were or what we were doing; I never heard the word "prejudice" until I was grown, and I was astonished that something that terrible even existed because I had had black and white friends all my life; I could go on but I don't want to sound as if I wore rose-colored glasses... well..maybe I did, but they sure tinted my view of the world for the better. I'm sorry my children grew up in a more pc and over- protected era, and my grandchildren are growing up in a post-9/11 world that is nothing like what I grew up in :( I suppose the good news -- wait, The Good News is we're that much closer to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then our troubles will be gone for some but not for most. Count ourselves worthy as that glorious day comes ever closer!

Miss Chloe it’s on tv now & dvd 📀

No, you're thinking WDW, the treasure was always on the left.

@@danielinthewolvesden yes you're absolutely right, the treasure is where it is and always was

Yes, BUT, does she ever actually show her larboard side???

Yes, Redd is the Redhead & she is the lady pirate who bares all in the painting seen early in the attraction.

There are also photos of Walt and Lillian with a chow that is sad to be their first family dog. May be pre-disneyland though

mokthemagicman the fireflies also were not present for many years. So good to have them back and in a plentiful amount too!

you're welcome!

The modern one is terrible!

Tamsin Parker Art that being said, the skeletons must be cursed pirates who are alive like he said.

Where???

She's called Redd on licensed merch and even for her newly added official meet-and-greet CM cosplay.

As much as people love that auction scene (either for historical accuracy regarding the skullduggery of the skeevy pirates bidding on the potential brides up for grabs or because of it being a thing parkgoers simply grew up on & their resistance to change, even if it ultimately had to happen so the attraction could be less salacious), it was archaic due to the whole "selling humans as cartel" aspect, not to mention the fact that the other controversial scenes of debauchery had already been changed to be more politically correct (that is, mayor Carlos's wife being merely startled rather than fatally shot as she implores her husband to not tell the pirates threatening him where the treasure is hidden/where Captain Jack Sparrow is, the overt alterations made to the Pooped Pirate/Gluttonous Pirate & of course, the rotating table of lecherous pirates chasing the town's beautiful women, although for comedic effect, this came back to bite the pirates once one of the heavyset ladies began pursuing them in earnest herself, however all of that last bit was changed to either show the women angrily chasing the pirates away with a rolling pin, bedpan or some other homemade weapon or else, having the pirates plunder stolen goods, only to be chased out by the women of the area) as well as shoehorn the movie franchise's iconic characters into the boat dark ride attraction which inspired them (Captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa [replacing the generic pirate captain commanding his crew onboard the Wicked Wench pirate ship to open fire at the Spanish fort garrison across the water], and the short-lived CGI effect of the alternating characters of Davey Jones [whose squid face is Lovecraftian in its design] & _Blackbeard's Ghost_ [which in itself is its own movie independent from the official _POTC_ franchise, but still retains the pirate theme of the ride] that temporarily replaced the misty dark cavern that repeated the sentient Jolly Roger's warning that "Dead Men Tell No Tales" before revealing the accursed treasure that led to the ride showing visitors a pirate's life in reverse [in both the original Disneyland & Tokyo Disneyland], showing visitors what happens when live pirates steal treasure that's been bewitched [Disneyland Paris's version of the ride starts with the live pirates & ends with the scenes of the pirates becoming skeletons], or being its own thing altogether that's entirely linked to the film franchise with only small homages to the original attraction [this is what Shanghai's version of the ride ended up becoming]). And if we're being honest whilst playing devil's advocate here, Redd in her current form is basically Disney's positive equivalent of officially historic lady pirates like Anne Bonnie, which provides a contrast if you looking to compare her to the stubbornly headstrong but yet still predominately kidnapped, wayward blond girl enamored with Orlando Bloom's character from the first _Pirates of the Carribean_ film in 2003, especially since we really don't see the latter in the sequel movies after her appearance in the first, since they predominately focus on Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow & his crew of cursed shipmate marauders aboard their vessel the Black Pearl more than anything else, whereas Redd is a welcome addition, because she gives female fans of the franchise a character to relate to (Note, I'm not saying female fans should want to become lady pirates, I'm just saying Redd gives female fans a character who is on equal footing with the male pirates, since she's a lady pirate herself).

+Luke Johnson It's also because at WDW, there is only one drop (and it's smaller than Disneyland's 2nd drop.) And, technically, although there is a small drop, it isn't needed at WDW because the show building is within the berm/railroad tracks.

Mainly because WDW doesn't have a berm to go under to get to the show building. Same with Haunted Mansion.

That barelll guy is in the chase scene with rum instead of a gun